FRINGE SCIENCE

When Galaxies Collide

In a fantastic example of entertainment lending its services to science, actress (Buffy, Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog) and Webseries creator (The Guild) Felicia Day stars in this new PSA from Spitzer Science Center, correcting some of the misconceptions about new findings on colliding galaxies from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

And here's a fantastic video mashup going the other way: science adapted to entertainment in a techno/hip-hop symphony of science. Called "We Are All Connected," the tune samples from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Bill Nye the Science Guy, the History Channel's Universe series, 1983 interviews with physicist Richard Feynman (shown in all his bongo-playing glory) , and appearances by Neil de Grasse Tyson.